Sad-iron heater.



H. W. RUSSELL.

su) InoN HEATER. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 19, 1908.

901,744. Patented oct.2o,1908.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

' "lll" Hf W. RUSSELL.

SAD IRON HEATER.

APPLIOATION rum) JUNE 19, 190s.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HALSEY W. RUSSELL, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO TUBELESS IRON COMPANY, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

SAD-IRON HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Batented Oct. 20, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HALsEY W. RUSSELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Manchester, in the county of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sad-Iron Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sad-iron heaters, of the general class of which the invention described in Letters Patent of the United States Numbered 847,116, and granted to me March 12, 1907, belongs; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangements of parts hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings; the present improvement relatin principally to a hinging mechanism anc locking mechanisms whereby the work of the operator is facilitated and lessened, and the iron is applied to the heater, heated thereon, removed therefrom and a plied to the work with less mani ulation t an in the invention described in t e patent above referred to.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a front elevai`tion of a sad-iron heater embodying my invention, a plied to a table, with the iron applied to t e heater, and with the iron and heater in a substantially horizontal position. Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2--2, Fig. 1, looking toward the left. Fig. 3 is a detail in end elevation of the air-mixer and adjacent parts of the heater. Fig. 4 is a detail in plan of a portion of the air-miXerand adj acent arts of the heater. In these four figures t e parts are shown locked in a horizontal position for the purpose of heating the iron. Fig. 5 is a view partly in front elevation and partly in section of the device with the iron applied thereto, the heater and iron being in a substantially vertical position, that being the position in which the iron is applied and removed. l

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Reference numeral l() represents a ortion of a' table to which the offset arms 11 o a supporting-bracket are clamped Vby means of a suitable thumb-screw 12. The main ortion of this bracket consists of a substantia ly vertical frame 13 integral with the offset arms and substantially concave-convex in horizontal section, the upper end of the frame being formed up into upwardly projecting and substantially parallel ears 14 horizontally bored to receive a ivot-pin 15, and formed up at 16 into para lel extensions which are connected by the integral curved flangeshaped rest 17. The extreme outer portion of the convex surface of the frame 13 is provided with two horizontal parallel proj ections or guides 18.

Pivotally connected With and supported by the bracket 13 byl means of the pivot 15 in the ears 14 is the main frame or casing 19 of the perforated heater, the rear end 2() of said frame being flared or cone-shaped and adapted to receive a correspondingly shaped rotative sleeve provided with sector-plates 21 next the adjusting plate 22. The portion 20 constitutes the mixing-chamber, and a gas-cock 23 connects with the interior of the mixing-chamber and is provided with a lever or handle 24 which controls the supply of gas entering through the inlet-pipe 25. The construction of the parts 19 to 25 inclusive is, as far as described, the same as in the Letters Patent above referred to, and their operation is substantially the same as described in the said Letters Patent. There are however provided integral with the casing 19 a longitudinal iin 26 on the under side thereof (when the case is in its horizontal position) and a stop or lock 27 on its upper side, the objects of which are below described.

28 represents the sad-iron secured at 29 to the burner 30, said burner being constructed as usual, except that it is provided on the inner surface of the side next the handle 31 with a groove 32 into which the iin 26 eX- tends and thereby prevents rotation of the burner Yand sad -iron on the heater. The orifice 33 in the heel of the iron is provided with a projecting tooth 34 (Figs. v2 and 5) which is substantially in line with the stop 27 when the sad-iron and burner are applied to the heater.

When the device is in the position indicated in Fig. 5, the heater is nearly vertical, and the sad-iron 2S and burner 30, which are secured together as abovedescribed, are applied to the heater by droppinor them over the upper end thereof by means olf the oriiices 33 and35 in the heels of the Vsad-iron and burner respectively. As the iron and burner are thus dropped the fin 26 enters the groove 32, and the lock 27, which is beveledor curved as shown in Fig. 5, slips over and by the tooth v into the substantially horizontal position illustrated in the other figures, such movement being rendered possible by the pivotal connection 15. As the heater is thus moved down, its main portion 19 moves between the two guiding extensions 16, and rests on the flange-shaped rest 17, and at the same time the rear end of the handle 31 is guided between the two projections 18, and thus by means of the locking-device 27, 34, and the rejections 18, the burner and iron are held irmly in their approximately horizontal position. The object of the concavo-convex sha e of the vertical frame 13 is to accommo ate the peculiar shape of the mixingchamber 2O when the parts are in the position indicated in Fig. 5.

As the sad-iron is heavy and is frequently removed from and applied to the heater, it is important that there should be as few movements as possible during such removal and application. In my invention described in the Letters Patent above referred to, when the operator wished to remove the iron, he reached down, turned the iron over, slid it off horizontally, and then carried the iron around on the table into an operative position. In my present invention, in order to remove the iron, the operator turns the heater and iron into a vertical position, lifts the iron off (pressing it slightly to disengage the lock), and makes a quarter of a turn of the iron as he drops it onto the ironing-board. The turning of the iron while it is on the heater amounts to about one quarter of a rotation in the present invention, while in the invention above referred to there is a half of a rotation.

The locking of the iron when it is applied to the heater is automatic, as the sad-iron drops by gravity until the tooth 34 slips by the stop or lock 27, and then swings by gravity until the tooth is directly under the stop or lock, as illustrated in Fig. 5.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. In a sad-iron heater of the character described, a supporting-bracket adapted to be clamped or secured to a table, a gas-heater pivotally connected with said supportingbracket and adapted to move in a vertical plane, and a burner and sad-iron adapted to be supported by the heater, the frame of said supporting-bracket being of shape to sustain in connection with the pivot-pin the heater, burner and sad-iron either in a substantially vertical or a substantially horizontal position, for the urpose set forth.

2. In a sa -iron heater of the character described, a supporting bracket adapted to be secured or clamped to a table and comprising a frame provided with upward extensions connected by a flange-sha ed rest, a gasheater pivotally connecte with said upward extensions and adapted to move in a vertical plane, and a burner and sad-iron adapted to be supported by the heater, whereby when the heater, burner and sadiron are in a substantially horizontal position the heater rests on said flange-shaped rest between said upward extensions.

3. In a sad-iron heater of the character described, a supporting-bracket ada ted to be secured or clamped to a table an comprising a frame substantially concavo-convex in horizontal section and provided with upward extensions connected by a flangeshaped rest, a gas-heater pivotally connected with said upward extensions and adapted to move in a vertical plane, and a burner and sad-iron adapted to be supported by the heater, whereby when the heater, burner and sad-iron are in a substantially horizontal position the heater rests on said flange-shaped rest between said upward extensions, and when the heater is in a substantially vertical position its lower end which contains the mixing-chamber lies within the concavity in said frame.

clamped or secured to -a table, a gas-heater` pivotally connected with said supportingbracket and adapted to move in a vertical plane, a locking-stop rigid with the upper surface of the heater when it is in a horizontal position, a burner, a sad-iron secured thereto, said burner and sad-iron being provided with suitable ori'lices for the reception of the heater, the combined orifices being somewhat larger in diameter than the heater, and a tooth or projection extending from the lower end of the sad-iron when the same is elevated under the said locking-stop whereby when the heater, burner and sadiron are in a substantially vertical position said tooth moves by gravity under the said locking-stop, for the purpose set forth.

5. In a sad-iron heater of the character described, a supporting-bracket adapted to be secured or clamped to a table and comprising a frame provided with upward extensions connected by a liange-shaped rest and with horizontal parallel projections or guides, a gas-heater pivotally connected with said upward extensions and adapted to move in a vertical plane, and a burner and sad-iron adapted to be supported by the heater, whereby when the heater, burner and sadiron are in a substantially horizontal posinaine to this specification in the presence of tion bthe heater (ests oni said lange-shpd two subscribing witnesses. rest etween sai u war extensions an t e handle of the sadljiron rests against said l HALSEY W' RUSSELL' 5 frame between the horizontal projections or guides.

In testimony whereof I have signed my Witnesses:

LIzzIE HARVEY, MOODYBELL S. BENNETT. 

